The University of West Florida's new building for the School of Science and Engineering is scheduled to open to students in the spring.

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Rebekah Allen
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Brace yourself to beam onto the University of West Florida's "holodeck."

The virtual-reality classroom will be the centerpiece of the university's new School of Science and Engineering building, a 95,000-square-foot, $31 million, four-story building that will house some of the university's most state-of-the-art technology.

UWF President Judy Bense said the new facility, set to open to students in the spring, "will offer opportunities that students traditionally can't experience at a regional university." ...